Mt. Pleasant Daily Times (Mount Pleasant, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 94, Ed. 1 Saturday, July 16, 1932 Page: 1 of 4
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Mt* pleasant Pailg
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Titus County—Center of the Best Dairy and Poultry Section of Texas
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VOLUME THIRTEEN
MOUNT PLEASANT, TEXAS. SATURD.W EVENING, JULY 16. 1932.
NUMBER 91
Tom Henderson returned Saturday
from Muskogee, where he has been re-
cuperating from an appendicitis op-
eration at the Veterans Hospital.
COOlNfSS tOMFOkfi
Picnic Friday
Gets Big Crowd
To Harris Chapel
AGAIN TODAY
JOE E. BROWN
Evelyn Knapp
--in-
‘ Fireman Save My
Child”
3—DAYS—3
SUNMON., TUBS.
The big free picnic and rodeo held
Friday and Friday night at Man is
Chapel in Iho north part of the coun-
ty* attracted a big attendance, it be-
ing estimated that there were at least
two thousand people present at times.
The rodeo furnished the principal
I entertainment during the day, there
being a number of animals that were
hard to ride, but there were some
good riders present, so the crowd re-
ceived a number of thrills. A bar-
becue and stew furnished ample food
for the crowd at noon, and at night
there was a big dance.
Candidates had been invited to at-
tend the picnic, and a number of
speeches were made in the interest of
various candidates.
Klean K lot lies
Are
Kooler
OUR
KLEAN1NG IS KLEAN
PHONE 80
The Picture You
Will Always
Remember.
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President's
Pay Slashed
20 Per Cent
Washington, July 15.—President
Hoover today cut his salary 20 per
cent and ordered reductions of 15 per
cent in the pay of the Vice President
and Cabinet members.
I Instead of $75,000 yearly, Mr.
Hoover will now receive $60,000 and
the Vice President and Cabinet mem-
bers will get $12,750 instead of $15,-
000.
In making the Cabinet reductions,
the White House issued Inc foliowing
statement:
“The President has received the
unanimous request from members of j, ,
the Cabinet that they should be sub- j a '
jected to the maximum reduction on |
Mt. Vernon Pours
It On To the Local
Club 14-2 Friday
The I\11. Pleasant ball team got a
good beating at the hands of the Ml
Vernon club at that place Friday aft-
ernoon, the score being 14 to 2.
While making no alibi, the Mt.
Pleasant boys were greatly hand'
capped in this game for lack of
pitching, none of the regular pitchers
being on band at the time the game
was called. Morrow, Pettigrew and
Newman each tried their hands at
pitching, but did little with the Mt.
Vernon batters. A hitch in arrange-
Increase Made
In Fees of Small
P.0. Money Orders
Effective Wednesday, July 20, in-
crease of fees for all money orders
of value up t.o and including $'20, is
made a! postoffiees all over the coun-
try. The inerense, however, is only
one cent over the fees heretofore
charged. No increase was made on
order,-, of higher denominations ll.au
$20.
New rulings have also been ninik
concerning applications for permit:
Mrs. J. H. Combs
Dies Following .
A Long illness
The death of Mrs. Annie Eli/.alieUi
Combs occurred al 5:30 Saturday
morning at the family home Ihree
miles north of town. Mm. Combs
was tlu- willow of * he late J. II.
Combs, and had bein' in bad health
for many mouths, being co.ifineil to
her bed for I lie i'msI i hree y i a i
Deceased was 75 years <>l age at the
time of her death, and In! been a
resident of llii:; county for ■ i!:.iu1 Pif
for mailing matter without, stamps. ‘.V years, coming here with her lun-
Mereloforc, no charges have been
made when permits are applied for,
but in the future a fee of $10 must
accompany the application.
A heavy penalty will also lie ap-
plied to anyone asking for entry in
the mails for second class matter,
which includes newspapers and peri-
odicals. No charge has been made
for this privilege, but in the future,
an application for second class per
mil.s must be accompanied by the sum
of $100, applications for re-entry by
$10, and application by news agents*
of $20. Requiring tho payment «.f Hand Rendered
$100 for second class privileges will |
doubtless act to prevent the estab-i
lichment of new newspapers, because j
band from Alabama.
She is survived by two sons and
four daughters. They are Oscar and
Henry Combs, Mrs. Ilinry Wallace,
Mrs. Press Hobbs, Mrs. Auni Wells,
all of this county, and Mrs. Dennison
Gragg of Greenville, till of whom were
present at her bedside when she p i ■■
ed away.
Funeral services will be h,-|,| at
Novill’s Chapel Sunday morning at 10
o’clock, under the direction of Rev
J. D. McGlung of this city.
You won’t really
know until you’ve
seen this story of
a woman’s whole
existence . . . her
soul . . . her love
. . . her life . . .
the secret places
of her heart!
Also Fox Movie-
tone news and
good Vita phone
act.
10c and 25c
monts which failed to provide Iran:
portation to Mt. Vernon was the rea- if most editors had one hundred dot ■
son there were no pitchers available, lars in real money they wouldn't want
We wore not furnished with the a newspaper. .
box score of this game, it being re- _
ported as lost. We know that num- np-n /)/)/) n ■
bers of Mt. Pleasant people are in- 60&,UUO / eOplC
terested in seeing the box score of | Move to Far til S
each game, but we cannot print them { __
Concert Friday
Night On Square
unless it is turned over to us, and we Washington, July 15.—The call or
have not been furnished with several the Hoil and other reaHona tJrew 252,-
000 more city folks to the farm last,
year than moved to the city,
i Statistics made public Friday by
i the department of agriculture showed
that 1,472,000 persons left the farms
salaries possible under the economy CottOU Acreage
bill. The President has, therefore, 1
issued the necessary orders by which
they will be reduced 15 per cent in-
stead of the alternative, which would
amount to 8 1-3 per cent, under the! Austin, July 15.—Cotton acreage in' /*10 ,arm population January 1,
furlough provision. Texas is the smallest in 10 years and waH P*accfl at 41,260,000 as com-
“The Constitution stipulates that shows a reduction of 10 per cent un- f,are,J with 80,612,000 at the begin-
Lhe President’s salary can not be <]er last year’s area devoted to the T1‘ri^ 1941. Girths account for
Is Smallest in
Texas in Tears ^(,r town anfi c't'eFt ar,J that 1,079,000
, moved farmward.
The farm population
Tho Mt. Pleasant Band rendered a
concert on the public square Friday
night, with a moderate attendance.
The program was not advertised be-
cause of the revival at the Baptist
Church, which is being largely attend-
led, and the concert was principally
to give the members practice.
Judge Victor f». Gilbert of Cisco
was in Mt. Pleasant Saturday in th>*
interest of the campaign of C. V’.
Terrell for Railroad Commissioner.
Judge Gilbert, made an addrc.ii to th‘*
voters at the court house at 2 o’clock
Saturday afternoon.
R. I,. Jurney of Tyler wn= in Mt.
Pleasant today in the interest of
the candidacy of his uncle, the Hun.
changed by Congress during his ten- , staple, the federal-state crop and live . *ncreaMe ovcr anfl above those Ghc.sley W. Jurney, of Waco, cardi
ure of office. The President, there- stock reporting service said Friday.,rnoqnK back to the country,
fore personally directed the Treas-| The cotton acreage standing July Jl ^ ^ ^department, described the in
crease a- the “largest and most sig-
nificant.’’ in the 10 years that popu-
lation changes have been estimated.
I For several years of the decade,
annual decreases were reported and
cultivation on July 1,” the report
The cotton acreage standing July 1
ury to make the 20 per cent reduction , Was estimated at 14,192,000 acres,
on his own initiative. The President’s compared with 15,769,000 acres a
salary was raised $75,000 when Wil- year ago, the report stated,
liam Howard Taft became President “This is Texas’ smallest acreage
in 1908.” since 1922 when 12,562,000 acres were
date for
Place No. 1.
Congressman-At-Large,
The Weather
J. A. R. Moseley of Texarkana, can- “Thc ‘-’iKht r average (1923-
didate for State' Senator, was here 30) is 17,743,000 acres.
“A large part of this reduction ir
only during 1920 and 1921
preciable gains indicated.
were ap-
Thc weather for the past 24 hoar»
according to readings mrde at 6:30:
Friday and Saturday in the interest
of his candidacy.
One cubic inch of platinum could
be drawn into a fine wire that would
be almost invisible and could be
A NEW FEATURE
We have installed a new unit in our soda
fountain, and are prepared to serve
Sandwiches
of the better kind. A full variety at popu-
lar prices. Try our service. You will be
pleased.
“Serving only 'Babblin’ Brook’ Ice Cream”
HINES DRUG COMPANY
Accuracy — Quality — Service
cotton acreage ha- gone into increas-
ed acreage of food and feed crops.
Compared with 1921, the corn acre-! wound twice around the world.
age has increased nine per cent, oats ___________________
one per cent, barley three per cent,
all tame hay three per cent, peanuts
25 per cent, sweet potatoes 20 per.
cent, and present indications are that,
ail sorghums will be increased about j
four per cent. There is about a four j
per cent reduction ir. all crop acreage,
this reduction taking place principal- j
iy in the marginal lands.”
Maximum
M i n i m u m
Temperatur<- 6:20
Wind From
.Sky .........................
102
75
79
NE
.Clear
Rev. ar.d Mrs. Geo. C. Moore and
Misses Dorothy Gilpin and Virginia
Edwards returned Saturday from
Greenville, where they attended an
encampment at the Greenville Club)
lake of the Intermediate Y. P. 5. of j
the Presbyterian Churches. The en-
campment was a very successful one, |
enrollment numbering sixty-three per,• j
pie.
Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Cameron left
Saturday for Plains to spend a few
days.
Business lagging? Advertiser
Summertime Is Soda Fountain Time
We are better prepared with all new
equipment to take care of Soda Fountain
and Sandwiches than ever.
Big assortment of Ice Creams, and
Sandwiches plain or toasted, just what you
like.
Swint Brothers
Ny&l Service Drug Store Phones 38 and 187
Have You Tried Our Cold Jumbo Ovaltine?
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Cross, G. W. Mt. Pleasant Daily Times (Mount Pleasant, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 94, Ed. 1 Saturday, July 16, 1932, newspaper, July 16, 1932; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth784819/m1/1/: accessed July 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Mount Pleasant Public Library.